In Class A, Columbia Falls repeated as state champions with another balanced effort. The Wildcats’ top five runners finished no worse than 22nd, accounting for a team total of 65, 11 spots better than when Columbia Falls won the title in 2018.

Junior Aidan Jarvis was the fastest Wildcat (16:29.35) in fourth place. Joining him in all-state position were classmate James Role in seventh (16:49.87) and sophomore Jimmy James Petersen in 11th (16:57.79). Senior Joe Lamb (21st) and junior Seth Umbriaco (22nd) rounded out the Wildcats’ top five.

Hardin was second as a team (86) and Lewistown finished third (98) behind individual state champion Sam Fulbright (16:10.43).

Whitefish senior Miles Vrentas crossed the line in 19th and classmate Bridger Gaertner placed 34th. The Bulldogs were eighth as a team.

The Whitefish girls, however, are coming home from state with a third-place trophy, one year after finishing in second. Senior Josephine Vardell earned all-state honors, placing sixth on Saturday, followed by teammates Jessica Henson (22nd), Paetra Cooke (23rd) and Maylani Horton (29th).

Columbia Falls junior Lara Erickson nabbed all-state honors for the Wildkats with a 12th-place finish, and teammate Hannah Sempf was 17th. Columbia Falls placed fifth as a team

2019 X-COUNTRY STATE RESULTS

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